LibriVox recording of Multilingual Short Works Collection 032 - Poetry & Prose by Various.

This is our 32nd collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English) as listed below. All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers. (Summary by ToddHW)

1. French - Comment Emmelka Pougatchev me donna une pièce d'argent. Histoire vraie - 5:10
Léon Tostoï
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Keywords: Contes et Fables, 1888

2. French - Il pleure dans mon coeur - 0:48
Paul Verlaine
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Keywords: Il pleut doucement sur la ville. (epigraph from Rimbaud)

3. French - Le Juge habile - 7:02
Léon Tostoï
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Keywords: Contes et fables, 1888

4. French - La musique pour rire - 3:23
Hector Berlioz
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Keywords: Les Grotesques de la musique, Humour, Musique, Société, Paris

5. French - Les Peupliers de Keranroux - 1:05
Charles Le Goffic
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Keywords: une poésie bretonne

6. French - Pour être lu avant le livre - 5:54
Léon Tostoï
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Keywords: Contes et Fables, 1888

7. French - Réflexions sur le Bonheur - 42:11
Émilie du Châtelet
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Keywords: Philosophie, Femme, Pensées, Bonheur

8. French - Les sottises des nations - 3:14
Hector Berlioz
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Keywords: Les Grotesques de la musique, Humour, Musique, Société, Paris

9. German - Ein Kriterium der Größe - 3:30
Carl Spitteler
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Keywords: Essay, Philosophie, Lebensweisheit

10. Hindi - प्रकाश का प्यासा [Prakash Ka Pyasa] - 1:10
Markande
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Keywords: That two completely different scenarios can bring out the same feeling in one

11. Luxembourgish - Sit e Giértner - 1:17
Edmond de La Fontaine
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Keywords: gardener, love, good men, operetta poem

12. Polish - Engramy Szatery - 39:35
Stefan Grabiński
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Keywords: opowiadanie, groza, kolej, wypadek, widmo

13. Romanian - Lunca din Mirceşti - 5:51
Vasile Alecsandri
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Keywords: spring, joy, birds, trees, countryside, travellers

14. Spanish - El mar - 9:25
Manuel Elzaburu
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Keywords: mar, sea, ocean, océano, puerto rico

15. Swedish - Kan en mygga besjungas? - 1:04
Thekla Knös
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Keywords: mosquito, spring, peacefulness, kindness, tolerance

16. Swedish - Tuschritningen - 3:18
Hjalmar Söderberg
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Keywords: art, intrinsic beauty, meaning of life, misunderstanding

17. Ukrainian - Вовк і жирафа [Vovk i zhyrafa] - 3:29
Sylvestr Kalynets
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Keywords: вовк, жирафа, байка, український, Україна, Калинець, молода Україна, 20 століття, fable, Ukrainian, Kalynets, wolf, giraffe, 20 century, Ukraine

18. Ukrainian - Пес і лис [Pes i lys] - 3:04
Anonymous (P. Sh.)
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Keywords: пес, лис, байка, український, Україна, П.Ш., молода Україна, 20 століття, fable, Ukrainian, P.Sh., dog, fox, 20 century, Ukraine

19. Yiddish - Das āreme Gesind - 3:22
Morris Rosenfeld
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Keywords: Songs from the ghetto, poor people, judge, children

20. Yiddish - Der blēicher Aprēter - 1:46
Morris Rosenfeld
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Keywords: Songs from the ghetto, working man, machinery, industry, hard work, poverty


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